Gate for street-cars



T. T. KE'RLEY.

GATE FOR STREET CARS.

APRLHIATION FILED AUG-7. 1918.

Patented 00. 26,1920.

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TJT. KEELEY. GATE, FOR 'STR-EFT CA'RS-. APPLICATION FILED AueJ. 1918.,

Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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THURMIAN TL KERLEY, OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

GATE non STREET-CARS.

Specification of Application filed. August 7,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THURMAN T. KEELEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cairo, in the county ofAleXander and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates for Street- Cars; and I do hereby declarethe following 4 to be a full, clear, and exact description. of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to, gates, and more particularly to a gate especially adapted for use in connection with street cars and simi lar vehicles.

Une of the main objects of the invention is to provide a gate of simple construction and operation which may be readily applied to a street car of standard construction, this gate being so constructed as to permit but a single person to pass at one time.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention as applied to a street car of standard construction.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig.3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

Fig. 4: is a top plan view with the top brace board of the supporting frame removed.

Fig. 5 is a front view. I

In applying my invention, I provide two parallel rails 1 and 2 which are secured to the platform 8 of the car designated generally. by 4, these rails being disposed in parallel spaced relation. and extending transversely of the platform so as to provide an entrance passage 5. A suitable base 6 is secured to the platform 3 in rear of the entrance passage 5, and is provided adjacent its forward end, and at each side thereof, with a standard 7. The upper ends of these standards 7 are secured together by a top brace board 8 which rotatably receives the upper end of a vertical shaft 9, the lower end of which is rotatably supported by the base 6. A horizontally disposed bevel-gear 10 is keyed on shaft 9 adjacent the lower end thereof and meshes with a bevel-gear 11 keyed on a stub shaft 12 which is rotatably supported. in one of the standards 6. A spur gear 13 is keyed on shaft 12 and meshes Le ter Patent. Patented oer. aa-ieae.

1918. Serial No. 248,774.

with a spur pinion l4- keyed on a horizontal shaft 15 rotatably supported in the standards 7 in advance of the main shaft 9. V/henshaft 9 is rotated, rotation will be imparted to shaft-l5 through the gearing described. a V I 7 t A radially projecting supporting arm 16 is secured on shaft 9 adj acentthe upper end thereof. The outer portion of this arm is cut away to provide areduced finger 17 which fits into a corresponding recess in the broadened base portion 18 of an operating lever 19 which is pivotally secured to finger 17 by the pivot pin 20 inserted through base er. The base portion 18 of lo and the fin the" device is cut away to provide a depending shoulder 21 at one edge thereof which engages the inner face of finger 17 so as to prevent independent movement of lever 19 in a counter-clockwise direction as considered in Fig. 4e,whilepermitting independent movement of this lever in a clockwise directron.- A; tension spring 22 has one end secured to supporting arm 16 and the other end securedto base portion 18 of the lever, this 31726111 actin to norm all' maintain the L 2:3 '3 .Y lever in alinement with the arm as illus- 7 .trated. V I i Normally, operating lever 18 progccts above the ra lsl and 2 and across the entrance opening or passage 5, so that a person entering betwcen these rails, must necessarily push the lever. inwardly thus rocking the shaft 9. When this shaft is rocked, shaft '15 will be sirnultaneously' rocked so as to move" a stop 23secur'ed thereon downwardly into substantially horizontal "position so as to extend across the passageway imme'diately in back cf the person operating lever '18, thus effectually preventingtheentry of more than oncperson at a i time VVlie11 lever -18-is released, it will be returned to its initial position by means of a tension spring 24, one end of which is secured to gear 10, the other end being secured to the base 6 in advance of the gear, as in Fig. 4. This results in returning the stop arm 22 to its normal or vertical position thus permitting a second person to enter, this second person operating the arm 18 and the stop arm in the manner previously described. In this manner, any number of persons may be permitted to enter the car in succession, the shaft 9 and associated parts being actuated once for every person who enters.

An operating cable 25 has its upper end connected to a recording instrument or register 26 which is mounted adjacent the top of the car, at one end thereof, in the usual manner. This cable is passed over suitable guide pulleys 27 carried by the car, and about a guide pulley 28 mounted on the base, the lower end of this cable being secured to the body portion of gear 10. It will be evident that, when the shaft 9 is moved through a partial rotation by means of the operating lever 18, the cable 25 will be operated so as to actuate the indicator thus enabling an accurate record to be kept of the number of persons entering the car. To insure accurate operation of the meter or register, it is desirable that the rotary movement of the gear 10 in either direction be positively limited. F or this purpose, a portion of the gear is cut away providing the spaced stop shoulders 29 and 30 which are adapted to engage a stop pin 31 secured inbase 6. The pin is so placed, and the shoulders so related, as to permit movement of the lever 18 in a counter-clockwise direction, as considered in Fig. 4 of the drawings, to such an eX- tent as not to in anyway interfere with the entrance of passengers into the car. WVhen a passenger desires to leave the car, the lever 18 may be readily rocked in a clockwise direction about the pivot pin 20 thus permitting the passenger to leave by means of the entrance passage 5, after which the lever is returned to proper operative position across the entrance passage.

7 This mechanism may be readily applied to a car of standard construction and insures that an accurate and permanent record will be kept of the number ofpersons or passengers getting upon the car. By this means, it is very easy to check up the passengers who have gotten upon a car during a trlp. Since the number of persons entering a car is accurately recorded, this recording being in no way dependent upon the conductoror person collecting fares, the number of fares which the conductor should have collected can be readily ascertained thus rendering it impossible for a conductor to keep any of the fares without being detected. a

It will be evident that there may be slight changes made in the construction and adrangement of the details of my invention without departing from the field and scope of the same, and I intend to include all such variations, as fall within the scope of the appended claims, in this. application in which a preferred form only of my invention is disclosed.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A gate mechanism including a vertical shaft, a horizontal barrier having one end fixed thereto, a horizontal shaft, a normally vertical barrier fixed to rotate therewith, c0- acting gears fixed to rotate with both shafts whereby to swing the last mentioned barrier to horizontal position upon swinging the first mentioned barrier in one direction, one of the gears being provided with spaced abutments for engagement with a fixed stop to limit the swinging movement of the horizontal barrier in either direction, and a coil spring normally urging the latter gear to a position to engage one abutment with the stop.

2. In a turnstile, a passage way, a vertically disposed rock shaft supported at one side thereof, a horizontally disposed rock shaft also supported to one side of the passage way, a barrier fixed to each of the rock shafts and movable at right angles to each other to extend across the passageway, a gear fixed to rotate with the vertical shaft and its teeth at one side cut away to afiord spaced abutments, a pin to be engaged by either of the stops to limit the movement of the gear in either direction, gearing connecting the horizontal shaft and the first mentioned gear whereupon swinging one barrier away from the passageway the other will be arranged across the same and a coil spring having one end fixed and its other end secured to the first named gear to normally return the arms to a position at right angles to each other. I p

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THURMAN T. KEELEY.

Witnesses:

LrNzY WALL, JOHN C. HAMILTON. 

